Michael fitzGerald
The largely harmless purveyor of computer advice to the old and impatient

August 26, 2008

Remember privacy?

Another day , another computer data security disaster revealed. Bank Customers details sold on eBay What's scary about this is that journalists have misrepresented the real problem.

BBC take note - It doesn't matter that the computer was sold on eBay. What does matter is that a banking organisation can't control the privacy of its data.

Daily Telegraph take note - your response of publishing "top tips" to keep your computer safe is the wrong response. All the tips in the world on keeping your computer safe are irrelevant if your securely delivered personal data is then kept on a computer disc with no auditable security system.

Once again it is a failure of people and a failure of basic business processes.